Monthly Archives: May 2012
100 Year Old Photographs of New York City
It’s uncanny how much New York(and the world in general) has changed in the past 100 years. Our cars, our fashion sense, even the way we go about things. It quickly shifted in the past 50 years. Looking back to … Continue reading
openhousenewyork® October 6-7, 2012
openhousenewyork is a yearly event in which many locations in New York City are open to the public. “To celebrate the city’s architecture and design, the 10th Annual openhousenewyork Weekend will once again unlock the city, allowing New Yorkers and … Continue reading
Modern Day “War” Photography
In the past 6 years 50,000 people have been died in Mexico’s Drug War. There has been a constant presence of bombings, shootings, and savage murders. These images document this conflict which rivals many major wars in casualties. http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/05/mexicos-drug-war-50-000-dead-in-6-years/100299/
50 photos from 50 years ago
1962 was a time filled with tension around the world. From the struggles of African Americans in the civil rights movement to the Russian missles found in Cuba that almost sparked a war with America. All of this while the … Continue reading
Lytro’s Revolutionary Camera
A company, Lytro, has created a camera that has a capability that changes the way photo’s are taken. This new camera allows the photographer to adjust the focus of a picture after it is taken. The same picture can be … Continue reading
Daguerreotype View of Cincinnati
Viewed above is the earliest preserved Daguerreotype photograph of Cincinnati. This photograph was taken around September of 1841 by Charles H. Fontayne and William Southgate Porter, two daguerreians who are known for having their own studio in the Franklin Buildings … Continue reading
Transformation of Cindy Sherman
I happened to be searching some photography blogs online and ran into the video that I thought would be interesting. Especially for those who visited the Cindy Sherman exhibit. Cindy Sherman: Characters Art Exclusive
Follow Magnum Photographer Alec Soth through Ohio
Even though I said earlier this week that I had posted the last Discussion Topic for the semester, I just wanted to add this to our class blog feed. First, thanks to everyone who has been posting very interesting … Continue reading
Janette Beckman, New York Photographer
Admiring the person in charge of a lot of New York’s famous photography is Janette Beckman. Originally an English documentary photographer born in London, she lives and works in New York. As veteran photographer of music and youth culture Beckman … Continue reading
Photographers: You’re Being Replaced by Software
As technology advances more and more as the days go by, so does software programs that can manipulate photographs that can look stunning and/or Photoshopped. A free open-source program called Blender allows the user to create 3-dimensional shapes and landscapes … Continue reading
